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FENCE POST.- A PucAHou FILED JAN. 5. i917.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

Application filed January 5, 1917. Serial No. 140,851.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MAGLEY, a citlzen of the United States, residing at Leavittsburg, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence- Posts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto new and useful improvements in fence posts designed or adapted to be used along streams where the water overflows and destroys fences in the winter and spring by drift wood and ice coming in contact therewith. The object of my invention is to provide a fence post through the use of which the fence may be lowered on the ground when the danger appears or at the convenience of the user, for the protection of the fence.

With the foregoing and other objects in view that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of arts illus trated in the drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a front elevation, illustrating the application of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing how the upper hinged section of the post and the fence may be lowered to the ground when occasion necessitates.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the fence post, th parts being shown on an enlarged scale and the dotted lines indicating the lowered position of the upper hinged section of the p Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontal sectional views, taken on lines +l-4 and 5- 5, respectively, of Fig. 3, the parts shown on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary top edge view.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of the invention, the fence post, which is preferably formed of angle iron, as shown, comprises a lower stationary or base section 1, which is driven into the ground, say, for a distance of two feet and an upper section 2 which is hinged at its lower end to the upper end of the lower section by the bolt and nut 4 and 5, respectively.

The upper section of the fence post is provided in one of its members with the eyes or perforations 6 to receive the fence wires 7 and is held in upright or operative position by the substantially triangular shaped clip 8 which is adapted to embrace both the top and bottom sections of the post, as shown more particularly in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

To lower the upper section of the post with the wire fence to the ground, it is only necessary to slide the clip over the upper end of the lower or base section. The lowered position of the upper section is shown in Fig. 2 and is indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. To make a rigid post again, the upper section is again raised into normal position and the clip slid down over the upper end of the lower or base section.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings it is thought that the construction, operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principles or sacrificing any of the advan tages of this invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fence post comprising an upright stationary section of angle iron adapted to be driven into the ground, an upper section of angle iron and-of smaller area in cross section, hinged at its lower end to the lower section at a point adjacent the ground and remote from the upper end of said lower section, said upper section adapted to be swung down or lowered to the ground or swung into upright or normal position with its lower end portion fittin withthe lower section and a triangular-s aped clip slidable on the post, said clip adapted to slide over and embrace both the upper and lower In testimony whereof I aflix my signature sections and hold the former rigidly in upin the presence of two Witnesses. right or normal position 01' to slide up on JOHN MAGLEY. the upper section over the upper end of the Witnesses:

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